鱗次

鳞次
líncì
  1. (literary) to arrange close together (like fish scales)
  2. to arrange close together (like fish scales)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 鱗 lín scales (of fish, snakes etc)
2 次 cì
  1. next in sequence
  2. second
  3. the second (day, time etc)
  4. secondary
  5. vice-
  6. sub-
  7. infra-
  8. inferior quality
  9. substandard
  10. order
  11. sequence
  12. hypo- (chemistry)
  13. classifier for enumerated events: time

Containing this entry

鱗次櫛比 líncìzhìbǐ row upon row
櫛比鱗次 zhìbǐlíncì